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  2. List of excommunicable offences in the Catholic Church

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    Excommunication is an ecclesiastical penalty placed on a person to encourage the person to return to the communion of the church. An excommunicated person cannot receive any sacraments or exercise an office within the church until the excommunication is lifted by a valid authority in the church (usually a bishop ).

  3. List of heresies in the Catholic Church - Wikipedia

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    Belief that certain people are or can be reincarnations of biblical figures, such as Jesus Christ and the Virgin Mary. Doctrinal Note of the Catholic Bishops of Canada concerning the Army of Mary [60] and Tribus circiter on the Mariavites. Santa Muerte: Worship or veneration of Santa Muerte.

  4. Heresy in the Catholic Church - Wikipedia

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    the person publicly and obstinately denies or positively doubts a truth that the Catholic Church regards as revealed by God (through the Scriptures or Sacred tradition) the disbelief must be morally culpable , that is, there must be a refusal to accept what is known to be a doctrinal imperative.

  5. Excommunication in the Catholic Church - Wikipedia

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    Once the sentence is published, that person is barred from active participation as a member of the Catholic Church. But this is a rare event. The more common excommunication is that termed latae sententiae , or what sometimes called often "automatic excommunication", where someone, in committing a certain act, incurs the penalty without any ...

  6. List of Christian heresies - Wikipedia

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    Catholic Church: A religious movement within the Catholic Church that arose in the 17 th century. It was named after Cornelius Jansen, a Dutch theologian who wrote a book called "Augustinus" that argued that human beings are incapable of saving themselves by their own efforts and that salvation is entirely a matter of God's grace. [38] Quietism

  7. Glossary of the Catholic Church - Wikipedia

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    Bishop – an ordained minister who holds the fullness of the sacrament of Holy Orders and is responsible for teaching the Catholic faith, ruling the Church, and sanctifying her people. Bishop emeritus (or Archbishop emeritus) – the title given to a retired bishop or archbishop; Bishops' conference – see: Episcopal conference (below)

  8. Seal of confession in the Catholic Church - Wikipedia

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    In the Catholic Church, the Seal of Confession (also known as the Seal of the Confessional or the Sacramental Seal) is the absolute duty of priests or anyone who happens to hear a confession not to disclose anything that they learn from penitents during the course of the Sacrament of Penance (confession). [1]

  9. Bad faith - Wikipedia

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    The Catholic Church does not consider everyone with heretical views to have bad faith: for example, people who earnestly seek the truth and lead exemplary lives. [45] Persons practicing Zen claim not to be subject to the "bad faith" in "self-deception", since they do not explain a motivation for action, as a rationalist would. A rationalist ...